The unmistakable odor of LESTOIL hit my nose this morning... it was coming from under the kitchen sink! I thought perhaps I had been sloppy when I used the Lestoil to clean the kitchen floor last time, so I poked around trying to find the source, and sure enough it did leak, but not the way I suspected! It turns out the bottom of the bottle had cracked, and leaked a whole puddle of LESTOIL under the bottle and it's surrounding bottles - into a mess that I cannot describe in words, so here's the picture:
I thought I could just wipe it up and put everything back under the sink.... but that didn't work out so well, since the LESTOIL had dissolved the paint - it just doesn't seem to have a bottom anymore - the wood is so saturated that it continues to leach out of the wood under where the paint was....
very penetrating stuff!
So, instead of playing in the snow (with a shovel, of course) this morning I am coping with this mess:
So, if any of my deadlines are missed this week, you know why. I looks as though we may have to replace the kitchen cabinet (and hopefully NOT the floor UNDER the cabinet!) to completely purge the odor, since I don't think I'll ever be able to completely suck all that LESTOIL out of the base of this cabinet.
If you have a suggestion for how to get LESTOIL out of the wood, please - by all means!
Because I'd love to get back to the studio and do more sewing, or painting, or even tidying up my fabric stash!
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I have contacted the company via their website - hoping for a reply in LESS than the 48 hours they promise!
ReplyDeleteYikes! Well, if the cabinets need replaced hopefully Clorox will cover that cost as well.
ReplyDeleteJackie
I had a bottle that did that too! Fortunately, I found the small leak early -- you can tell that to the company - we can't be the only ones that happened to. I'm sorry for your bigger mess though!
ReplyDeleteClorox is sending a 'claim kit' and told me to return the bottle along with pics of the damage and a quote for the repairs.... I suggested that they put this stuff in GLASS BOTTLES in future like they used to and my impression is that they may consider going back to that - go to their website and encourage them! They know there is a problem with the plastic bottles. If I buy LESTOIL again, I'll transfer it immediately to a glass jar.
ReplyDeleteI saw your post on Pat's blog and thought I would come by to see what you were working on. Poor you....no quilting fun with that cupboard mess. We had a leaky in the plumbing under our sink that created a mess and the cupboard base was forever warped after it dried out. Between the snow and this, I bet you are ready for a vacation.
ReplyDeleteI read your post about your dog Sam. Our dog, Skeeter died in April of 2004. That's five years ago and I still get teary-eyed just thinking about it. He had become my sidekick and only this weekend, we were recalling his retinue of tricks. I understand how you feel about Sam.